Splasher-holder



(No Model.)

E. J. RAWLINGS. SPLASHER HOLDER. N0. 433 .032. Patented July 29,1890.

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IMMA J. RAIVLINGS, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

SPLASHER-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent NO. 433,032, dated July 29, 1890.

Application filed November 6, 1888- Serial No. 290.102. (No modeld To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EMMA J. RAwLINcs, a citizen of the United States, residing in St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented an Improved Splasher-Holder; and Ido hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification.

My improved splasher-holder is intended especially for attachment to the back part of wash-stands; but it is also adapted for attachment to the wall of a room, and in both cases it is constructed so that it holds the splasher close to the wall. The construction is substantially as follows:

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front view of one of the parts constituting the splasherholder; Fig. 2, a front View of the other part of the splashor-holder; Fig. 3, an inner edge View of the part shown in Fig. 1; Fig. 4, an inner edge View of the part shown in Fig. 2; Fig. 5, a rear view of the two parts coupled together and attached to the back of a washstand; Fig. 0, a side View of the same as placed against the Wall of a room; Fig. 7, a vertical section through a portion of the wall of a room, showing the splasher-holder attached to the base-board of the same.

Like letters designate corresponding parts in all of the figures.

The splasherholder is composed of two parts A and B. These two parts are generally formed of Wire bent to the required form, but may be made of small tubes. They are formed alike in all respects, except that they are made rights and lofts and in respect to the means for coupling them together, as follows: At the upper extremity each part has a horizontal extension a, and the two extensions a a are directed toward and in line with each other, as shown in Fig. 5. Now one part A has a tubular coupling-piece b, the bore of which fits closely around the extension a of the part B, which extension fits and may slide in the coupling, as indicated in Fig. 5. In making, a piece of tube of the proper size and length is first cut, and one end driven a little way upon the extension a of the part A, and perman cntly secured thereon by solder or otherwise; but this permanent fastening of the tube to the part A is not essential. It may be removable therefrom. When the two parts are fastened to a wash-stand,the extension a of the part B is pushed into the coupling-tube Z) till the lower attaching ends of the splasherholder are adapted to the width of the washstand D, and since wash-stands vary in width the coupling adapts the width of the splasherholder to any particular wash-stand by inserting the extension a of the part B more or less into the coupling-tube b, as willbe readily understood by Fig. 5. Thelower ends of the two parts A B are flattened to form flattened portions at c 0, having screw-holes d (I, through which screws f f are inserted to fasten the parts to the wash-stand, as shown, or to the base-board of a room-wall.

Another feature of my invention consists in lateral offsets g g a little distance above the attaching flattened portions 0 c, intended to be about at the upper edge of the back of a washstand, these offsets being for the purpose of extending the main upright portions h 7 of the splasher-holder laterally beyond the sides of the wash-stand, in order that the splasher may be spread beyond thewash-stand far enough to prevent any splashing of drops of water against the wall of the room in those directions.

Another feature of improvement consists in rearward offsets i 2', preferably in the lower upright portions 7e 7.: of the parts AB, ornear the flattened portions 0 0, so that they may be behind the wash-stand. The extent of these oifsets is to be sufiicient to enable the main upright portions 72. 7t and upper extensions a a to be placed close to the wall of the room, and therefore about equal to the thickness of the base-board Z of the wall 0, as shown in Figs. 6 and 7. These same offsets 'i t are also adapted to allow the main portions 0, aand h ft of the parts to be placed close to the wall of a room when the said parts are attached to the baseboard itself, as shown in Fig. 7, or to any projecting strip on a wall. Here it is seen that these offsets serve in the same way to compensate for the thickness of the base board or strip, so that the main parts of the splasher-holder may be close to the wall 0. The main portions a a h h of the splasherholder are provided with suitable hooks or ing offsets g g, connecting said upright portions it h and is h, respectively, each olfset connecting-the upper end of one lower upright portion 7a with the lower end of one upper upright portion h, whereby said upper upright portions h h are made capable of extension throughout their lengths beyond the sides of the wash-stand, substantially as set forth.

3. A splasher-holder composed of metallic rods or wires, said holder being adapted to be attached at its lower end to a support, and having rearwardly-extending olfsets i i, Whereby the main parts may be placed close to the wall of a room and the splasher may be held in close proximity to the wall, substantially as set forth.

4. A splasher-holder composed of metallic rods or Wires, said holder being adapted to be attached at its lower ends to a support, and having laterally-extending offsets g g and rearwardly-extendiug offsets 1' 2', substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

EMMA J. RAWLINGS.

Witnesses:

JNo. W. KERR, JAMES G. KERR. 

